The wildlife of a small market town…

Wildflowers of Harlaxton Wharf

Below is a gallery to help you identify the wildflowers which can be found at Harlaxton Wharf along Grantham Canal. A description of these species and more information on telling them apart can be found on my blog post here.

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

White campion (Silene latifolia)

White clover (Trifolium repens)

Pineappleweed (Matricaria discoidea)

Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

Hedge parsley (Torilis japonica)

Hemlock (Conium maculatum)

Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria)

Bramble (Rubus fruticosus)

White dead nettle (Lamium album)

Wavy bitter-cress (Cardamine flexuosa)

Cleavers (Galium aparine)

Common chickweed (Stellaria media)

Broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium montanum)

Rosebay willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium)

Dog rose (Rosa canina)

Ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

Red dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum)

Hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)

Red campion (Silene dioica)

Her Robert (Geranium robertianum)

Welted thistle (Carduus crispus)

Creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare)

Corncockle (Agrostemma githago)

Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)

Greater knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)

Lavender

Water forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)

Common vetch (Vicia sativa)

Wild primrose (Primula vulgaris)

Cowslip (Primula veris)

Bird’s foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Lesser celandine (Ranunculus ficaria)

Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)

Bulbous buttercup (Ranunculus bulbosus) – sadly there were no flowers when I took the photo, I will update!